# NTSB investigations: Cessna 150F: Hard landing

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB CHI05CA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA127.md): Cessna 150F · Neodesha, KS · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 25, 2005 · N8337G · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's misjudgment of the landing flare resulting in a hard landing, his inadequate recovery from the bounced landing and his subsequent failure to maintain directional control of the airplane. The pilot's attempt to abort the landing, and the…
- [NTSB MIA99LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA021.md): Cessna 150F · Winter Haven, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 31, 1998 · N6679F · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's improper landing flare resulting in a hard landing and ground loop.
- [NTSB LAX98LA080](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA080.md): Cessna 150F · San Carlos, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 17, 1998 · N7911F · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's excessive airspeed, which resulted in a bounced landing, and, his failure to ensure that his seat locking pin was engaged, which caused his seat to move backwards during the touchdown and resulted in his loss of directional control.
- [NTSB MIA97LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA97LA170.md): Cessna 150F · Venice, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · May 19, 1997 · N102HA · Substantial damage
  > failure of the pilot to maintain sufficient airspeed on final approach and during the landing to properly flare the airplane.
- [NTSB FTW97LA164](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW97LA164.md): Cessna 150F · Norman, OK · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 21, 1997 · N3101X · Substantial damage
  > Improper flare.
- [NTSB LAX92LA073](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA073.md): Cessna 150F · Lancaster, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Dec 27, 1991 · N8259S · Substantial damage
  > The pilot misjudging the landing flare. A factor in the accident was the pilot's lack of total flight experience.
- [NTSB ATL86LA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL86LA214.md): Cessna 150F · Lenoir, NC · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 31, 1986 · N8757G · Substantial damage
  > The student plt was executing full stop landings then making a take off after each landing. He was attempting his fourth landing when the acft bounced, he applied power to try to regain control of the acft. The nose gear collapsed upon touch down, the strut…
- [NTSB CHI82DA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA158.md): Cessna 150 · Bloomington, IL · Accident · No injuries · Final report · May 8, 1982 · N8197F · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that base and final approach at Bloomington-normal airport seemed smooth at 80 mph. At 8 ft above the runway the throttle was reduced to idle. Immediately at throttle reduction, the aircraft dropped to the runway landing on the main gear. The…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2071814')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 200))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2071814&occurrence=200

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